This page is where I track LTAs and other editors who use many accounts/IPs that are worth tracking.

Bad copyediting IP

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Bad copyediting IP
Wikilifespan2 June 2018 – present
ISPFrontier Communications
Known IPs50.48.0.0/16, 50.49.0.0/16, 45.53.0.0/16
Physical locationRochester, New York
StatusActive

Use this edit summary when reverting their unconstructive edits: Reverting unconstructive edits by the [[User:Beyond My Ken/Bad copyediting IP|Bad copyediting IP]]

Behavior

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  • Regularly adds excessive "see also" links (e.g., here & here; many of the linked articles (as can be seen in the second diff) are too broad and unnecessary).
  • Copyedits articles, which in many cases involves oversimplification of language.
  • Adds unnecessary links in article text (e.g., linking "20th century" (which is unnecessary) & linking "antisemitism" (which was already linked to earlier in the article)).
  • Doesn't communicate at talk pages.
  • Never uses edit summaries.
  • All three known IP ranges geolocate to Rochester, NY.
  • Mainly edits articles about race, war, and religion.

Examples of bad copyediting

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Albertpda

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Behavior

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  • Removes massive amounts of text from Africa-related articles.
  • Often mentions content being "unsourced" in their edit summaries.
  • Edits the Vietnamese Wikipedia (often through the sock accounts they use at the English Wikipedia).

Accounts

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Militaryfactchecker

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Militaryfactchecker
Wikilifespan13 March 2023 – present
ISPBritish Telecommunications
Physical locationEngland
StatusActive

Accounts/IPs

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Account/IP First edit Sock?
Uawrsica89we (talk · contribs) 13 March 2023   Likely
Militaryfactchecker (talk · contribs) 15 March 2023   Confirmed
2A00:23C6:4D8C:6201:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 29 March 2023   Likely
CptJohnMiller (talk · contribs) 3 June 2023   Confirmed
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves Britons never, never, never shall be slaves (talk · contribs) 16 June 2023   Confirmed
109.157.92.138 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 22 June 2023   Likely
2A00:23CC:B207:B601:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 22 June 2023   Likely
109.157.159.121 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 26 June 2023   Likely
PINAC9 (talk · contribs) 1 July 2023   Likely
Dolphinwaxer (talk · contribs) 24 September 2023   Likely